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Fabric Patch, DAP, HIT collaborate for quilt show
By MEGAN HUGHES News@yourdailyglobe.com IRONWOOD - The Historic Ironwood Theatre hosted a showing of the film "How to Make an American Quilt" as part of a collaboration with the Fabric Patch and the D...
Regional Hospice holds annual memorial service
By KIM E. STROM kstrom@yourdailyglobe.com BESSEMER - "Grief never exits...but it changes. It's a passage...not a place to stay. Grief is not a sign of weakness ... not a lack of faith ... It is the...
Timber company announces sale of Michigan timberlands
By RICHARD JENKINS rjenkins@yourdailyglobe.com SEATTLE — One of the largest private owners of timberlands in the world has announced the sale of over half a million acres in the state of Michigan, including land in Ontonagon County. Weyerhaeuser...
NICER seeks volunteers for Halloween walk
By RICHARD JENKINS rjenkins@yourdailyglobe.com HURLEY - The community group Northern Iron County Engaged Residents, or NICER, is seeking volunteers to help with its inaugural Spooky Halloween Trail Wa... Full story
MSP to hold drug collection
By KIM E. STROM kstrom@yourdailyglobe.com WAKEFIELD — The Michigan State Police’s Wakefield Post would like residents to dispose of expired, unused and unwanted pills during National Prescription Drug Take-back Day on Saturday, Oct. 26 from 10... Full story
NMU holds dedication ceremony
By KIM E. STROM kstrom@yourdailyglobe.com IRONWOOD - The late David J. Lucas, an Ironwood native, was honored by Northern Michigan University Sept. 20 by having the three-story atrium in the New...
Ironwood school experiences lockdown
By RICHARD JENKINS rjenkins@yourdailyglobe.com IRONWOOD — The students and staff at Ironwood’s Luther L. Wright K-12 School experienced a brief lockdown Thursday afternoon in response to a possible threat. District Superintendent Travis Powell... Full story
Hurley students get spudmobile tour, learn about potatoes
By KIM E. STROM kstrom@yourdailyglobe.om HURLEY - The Wisconsin Spudmobile came to visit the Hurley School District Thursday, providing fun games and information about potatoes to area students....
Four honored at GCC Foundation banquet
By TOM LAVENTURE tlaventure@yourdailyglobe.com IRONWOOD — Honorees at the 24th Annual Recognition Banquet of Gogebic Community College Foundation on Thursday expressed as much praise for the school...
Charge dropped against Gile man, trial date moved
By RICHARD JENKINS rjenkins@yourdailyglobe.com HURLEY — Although he will have to wait longer to stand trial on his charges, a Gile man had one of the felonies against him dismissed at a hearing Wednesday. Phillip “Ruby” Laguna, 70, is charged... Full story
Mercer holds annual health fair
By KIM E. STROM kstrom@yourdailyglobe.com MERCER - It was a fun and educational day for those who attended the annual Mercer Health Fair Wednesday. Everything from chemical free cosmetics to health...
Instructor says hunter safety course helps
By TOM LAVENTURE tlaventure@yourdailyglobe.com HURLEY — After 20 years of teaching an Iron County hunter safety course for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, instructor David Vuorenmaa said the lack of hunting accidents in the area...
GCC workshop ponders future of Lindquist Center
By TOM LAVENTURE tlaventure@yourdailyglobe.com IRONWOOD - The future of the Lindquist Student Conference Center was the topic of a workshop for Gogebic Community College Board of Trustees on Tuesday....
Awkward Stage Drama takes on anti-bullying campaign
By KIM E. STROM kstrom@yourdailyglobe.com IRONWOOD - The Awkward Stage Drama Club is not just practicing to put on a play or two. The club is working toward a much bigger goal - an anti-bullying...
Ontonagon council approves DDA project resolutions
By JAN TUCKER jantuck@jamadots.com ONTONAGON — When the village of Ontonagon was named by former Gov. Rick Synder a Rising Tide Community, a key to development was revitalization of the village’s Downtown Development Authority. The original Onton...
Wakefield council grants tax exemption on vacant lake land
By P.J. GLISSON news@yourdailyglobe.com WAKEFIELD - The Wakefield City Council voted Monday evening to approve Resolution No. 266, in relation to granting tax-exempt status to the Forward Wakefield... Full story
MSP, Super One team up for food drive
By KIM E. STROM kstrom@yourdailyglobe.com IRONWOOD - The Michigan State Police Post and Super One Foods joined efforts Monday to help stock local food pantries for those in need. The Stuff a Goose...
Appeals court overturns Gogebic juvenile conviction
By RICHARD JENKINS rjenkins@yourdailyglobe.com BESSEMER — A trio of judges with the Michigan State Court of Appeals recently overturned the conviction of local girl for messages she sent on social media. The girl was one of four girls in a Snapchat... Full story
Copper Peak gala attracts support
By P.J. GLISSON news@yourdailyglobe.com BESSEMER - A 50th anniversary celebration of Ironwood's Copper Peak ski-flying hill was well-received on Saturday evening, with about 125 people enjoying the...
ICORE, trail friends hold work bee
By TOM LAVENTURE tlaventure@yourdailyglobe.com HURLEY, Wis. - "Work Bee" volunteers said a little snow and drizzle wasn't going to keep them from spending a Sunday afternoon improving the Hurley...
'Soup N Samich'veterans ride to change in 2020
By TOM LAVENTURE tlaventure@yourdailyglobe.com MERCER, Wis. — The annual “Soup N Samich Ride with Vets for Vets” was held at Schomberg Park on Saturday, for maybe the last time as the event will move to Hurley September next year. For over 15 y...
Bluff Valley skatepark expansion includes pump track
By KIM E. STROM kstrom@yourdailyglobe.com BESSEMER - Just outside the old tennis court at Bluff Valley Park in Bessemer where now lays a full skatepark, is what's called a pump track. A pump track is...
Students learn land, water conservation
By TOM LAVENTURE tlaventure@yourdailyglobe.com MERCER, Wis. - The Hurley School's field biology class was in Mercer Thursday for a day of land and water conservation at Little Turtle Flowage and...
Low pressure system to bring little snow with cold, slippery conditions
By TOM LAVENTURE tlaventure@yourdailyglobe.com IRONWOOD — The western Upper Peninsula will experience a large low pressure front this weekend but not with the same severity as in Minnesota and North Dakota. The center of the system brought the...
